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Table 4 Environmental isolates present divided by sample site and type depicting an environmental reservoir density by location

From: Tracing the transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales at the patient: ward environmental nexus

Sample site and type

C. freundii

C. portucalensis

C. youngae

Citrobacter sp.

E. asburiae

E. cloacae

E. hormaechei

E. roggenkampii

E. coli

K. grimontii

K. michigenensis

K. pneumoniae

P. mirabilis

Total species found per site

Bathroom HWB drain

1 (50%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (50%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2

Bathroom HWB DWT

1 (17%)

0 (0%)

2 (33%)

1 (17%)

1 (17%)

1 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (17%)

0 (0%)

7

Bathroom toilet bowl

1 (25%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4

Bathroom toilet floor

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Medication Cupboard exterior surface

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0

Domestic Waste skip lid

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Drinks Cooler mixed Pre-Flush

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Bay HWB DWT

9 (26%)

0 (0%)

5 (14%)

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

3 (9%)

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

6 (17%)

0 (0%)

2 (6%)

7 (20%)

1 (3%)

35

Office HWB DWT

0 (0%)

1 (50%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (50%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2

Sink drain U bend exterior

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Sink DWT

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

1 (25%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4

Staff toilet HWB DWT

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

WoW Keyboard and Mouse

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Total isolates of each species present

13

2

7

1

3

3

4

1

11

1

4

8

1

 
  1. HWB hand wash basin, DWT drain waste trap, WoW workstation on wheels